Amanda
@archivingamanda.bsky.social
Archivist hobbit with a penchant for sewing, reading, musicals, & cats | she/her
🌱 Icon & Header: Arrietty by Studio Ghibli, Leicester by William Morris 🌱
🌱 Icon & Header: Arrietty by Studio Ghibli, Leicester by William Morris 🌱
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My painting PACIFIC NORTHWEST
May 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
My painting PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Me and my coworkers today watching the new Pope make his entrance. I’m Oscar.
May 9, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Me and my coworkers today watching the new Pope make his entrance. I’m Oscar.
I think a lot about her these days. “Hope is like the sun. If you only believe in it when you see it, you'll never make it through the night.” #MaytheFourthBeWithYou 🌟
May 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I think a lot about her these days. “Hope is like the sun. If you only believe in it when you see it, you'll never make it through the night.” #MaytheFourthBeWithYou 🌟
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a very good feeling is getting a book from the library that you were considering purchasing and then finishing it and thinking "that sucked ass, i'm so glad i get to give this shit back"
May 3, 2025 at 4:38 PM
a very good feeling is getting a book from the library that you were considering purchasing and then finishing it and thinking "that sucked ass, i'm so glad i get to give this shit back"
If you’re an #archivist going to #MARAC this week, hit me up! I will have free archivist-themed buttons for y’all. This is just a sampling of my stash 😎
April 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
If you’re an #archivist going to #MARAC this week, hit me up! I will have free archivist-themed buttons for y’all. This is just a sampling of my stash 😎
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I think one reason I find so much hope and solace in Tolkien’s works is that despite Mordor being fictional, Tolkien’s lived experiences of death, war, grief, and loss were extremely real and his ability to endure and create light and beauty from it speaks to the resilience and strength of humanity.
April 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I think one reason I find so much hope and solace in Tolkien’s works is that despite Mordor being fictional, Tolkien’s lived experiences of death, war, grief, and loss were extremely real and his ability to endure and create light and beauty from it speaks to the resilience and strength of humanity.
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Sometimes, the Moon passes directly in front of the beautiful Pleiades star cluster in a celestial event called an occultation! This composite image from Spain captures the Moon's visit. These monthly occultations last until 2029, then not again until 2042!
Credit: Cayetana Saiz
Credit: Cayetana Saiz
April 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Sometimes, the Moon passes directly in front of the beautiful Pleiades star cluster in a celestial event called an occultation! This composite image from Spain captures the Moon's visit. These monthly occultations last until 2029, then not again until 2042!
Credit: Cayetana Saiz
Credit: Cayetana Saiz
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If you're in congress and you aren't publicly in favor of banning the trading of individual stocks by people in congress, get your head out of your fucking ass.
April 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
If you're in congress and you aren't publicly in favor of banning the trading of individual stocks by people in congress, get your head out of your fucking ass.
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You set the house on fire, watched it burn, and then lost your nerve and put it out. You now have a partially burned house. Great job.
April 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
You set the house on fire, watched it burn, and then lost your nerve and put it out. You now have a partially burned house. Great job.
My little act of resistance this past weekend was starting my first fruit and veggie garden. Because I’m not paying $15 for three fucking tomatoes 🍅
April 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
My little act of resistance this past weekend was starting my first fruit and veggie garden. Because I’m not paying $15 for three fucking tomatoes 🍅
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attended the funeral of an 8-year-old who last week became only the second confirmed death from the disease in a decade. Known for his vaccine skepticism and for promoting alternative treatments like cod liver oil, vitamin A supplements, the steroid budesonide,
April 6, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attended the funeral of an 8-year-old who last week became only the second confirmed death from the disease in a decade. Known for his vaccine skepticism and for promoting alternative treatments like cod liver oil, vitamin A supplements, the steroid budesonide,
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I know that there's no good news right now and every reason to be stressed and afraid, but this is a good time to remember that there are people whose entire careers are based on keeping you stressed and scared and they're all on social media
April 4, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I know that there's no good news right now and every reason to be stressed and afraid, but this is a good time to remember that there are people whose entire careers are based on keeping you stressed and scared and they're all on social media
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sell peanut butter in wide tubs, not deep jars. tired of gettin pb on my knucks
March 24, 2025 at 12:59 AM
sell peanut butter in wide tubs, not deep jars. tired of gettin pb on my knucks
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Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back.
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
March 22, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back.
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
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Madeleine L'Engle; this is why they want you illiterate
![[“The first people a dictator puts in jail are the writers, the teachers, the librarians—because these people are dangerous. They have enough vocabulary to recognize injustice and to speak out loudly about it. Let us have the courage to go on being dangerous people.”]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hppum4l25hcczzffastsicpq/bafkreig3dcwrzxtvuj2hkgj2mg3rgwactm77awp4ygvxjuje5q67yact7m@jpeg)
March 17, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Madeleine L'Engle; this is why they want you illiterate
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We all owe George Lucas an apology. His heavy handed cartoonish depiction of politics was far, far too subtle in the prequels.
March 15, 2025 at 11:13 PM
We all owe George Lucas an apology. His heavy handed cartoonish depiction of politics was far, far too subtle in the prequels.
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Colourful spring crocus flowers
March 15, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Colourful spring crocus flowers
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The blood Moon Lunar Eclipse 🌕 ₊˚⊹🩸
March 15, 2025 at 1:41 AM
The blood Moon Lunar Eclipse 🌕 ₊˚⊹🩸
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just conflated AO3 and AOC
March 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
just conflated AO3 and AOC
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Gutting the Department of Education will impact everything from internet access to school buses.
Let’s not make it harder to learn.
Let’s not make it harder to learn.
March 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Gutting the Department of Education will impact everything from internet access to school buses.
Let’s not make it harder to learn.
Let’s not make it harder to learn.
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🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
March 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
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It's that time: We declare winter OVER!
Spring is here 🌸
Rejoice! Talk a walk! Stow away your snow shovels. ☃️
Enjoy the sunshine!☀️
www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
Spring is here 🌸
Rejoice! Talk a walk! Stow away your snow shovels. ☃️
Enjoy the sunshine!☀️
www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
Analysis | We declare winter over and the start of spring in D.C.
After the coldest winter in a decade, a springlike weather pattern has taken hold.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
It's that time: We declare winter OVER!
Spring is here 🌸
Rejoice! Talk a walk! Stow away your snow shovels. ☃️
Enjoy the sunshine!☀️
www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
Spring is here 🌸
Rejoice! Talk a walk! Stow away your snow shovels. ☃️
Enjoy the sunshine!☀️
www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...